Proxima Nova font
Proxima Nova is a sans serif in the geometric and grotesque styles. It was designed by Mark Simonson, and first issued by Mark Simonson Studio in 2005. It comes with macOS; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Mark Simonson Studio and Adobe Fonts. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Plus Jakarta Sans
Google Fonts classes it with the geometric sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Josefin Sans
Not measured against Proxima Nova: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Proxima Nova or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Proxima Nova
- Designed by
- Mark SimonsonSource: Wikipedia: Mark Simonson
- First issued
- Mark Simonson Studio, 2005Source: Wikipedia: Mark Simonson
- Class
- Sans serif in the geometric and grotesque stylesSource: Wikipedia: Mark Simonson
- Comes with
- macOS Tahoe: Proxima NovaSource: Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Mark Simonson StudioAdobe Fonts
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
Typeface names may be trademarks of their owners. FontKind is not affiliated with Mark Simonson Studio, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Proxima Nova
Is Proxima Nova free?
Not to use anywhere you like. It comes with macOS, so a Mac already has it. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by Mark Simonson Studio and Adobe Fonts. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Proxima Nova?
Proxima Nova was designed by Mark Simonson, and first issued by Mark Simonson Studio in 2005.
Can I use Proxima Nova in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word on a Mac, yes, as macOS comes with Proxima Nova; on Windows, only after you install a licensed copy. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Proxima Nova isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Montserrat, DM Sans and Plus Jakarta Sans are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Proxima Nova?
FontKind hasn’t measured Proxima Nova: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Montserrat, DM Sans and Plus Jakarta Sans are geometric sans serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Proxima Nova.